Machine for operating upon warps



Aug. 13, 1935. I E N 2,011,115

MACHINE FOR OPERATING UPON WARPS Filed June 5, 1953 12 Sheets-Sheet l OLD WARP NEW WARP INVENTOR Burt A. Peterson ATTORNEYS WASTE ENDS Au 13, 1935. B. A. PETERSON MACHINE FOR OPERATING UPON WARPS l2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 5, 1933 |NVENTOR ,Burzf A. Peterson B M @4 MM 1 ATTORNEYS N 33 hzomh Aug. 13, 1935. B. A. PETERSON MACHINE FOR OPERATING UPON WARPS Filed June 5, 1953 12 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR Burt A.

BY M M Peterson ATTORNEYS Aug. 13, 1935. B. A. PETERSON MACHINE FOR OPEPiATING UPON WARPS Filed Juhe 5, 1933 12 Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENTOR .Burt A. Peterson BY M @441 m ATI'ORN EY6 Aug. 13, 1935. I B. A. PETERSON 2,011,115

MACHINE FOR OPERATING UPON WARPS e une 5, 1933 12 Sheets-Sheet 5 5 I l v wi l v 1 INVENT Burt A. e erson Aug. 13, 1935.

B. A. PETERSON MACHINE FOR OPERATING UPON WARPS Filed June 5, 1933 12 Sheets-Sheet 6 THREADS -INVENTOR Burt A. Peterson B w mm ATTORNEYS Aug. 13, 1935. B. A, PETERSON MACHINE FOR OPERATING UPON WARPS 1935 12 Sheets-Sheet '7 Filed June 5 ATTORNEYS Aug 13, 1935; B. A. PETERSON 2,011,115

MACHINE FOR OPERATING UPON WARPS Filed June 5, 1933 l2 Sheets-Sheet 8 INVENTOR .Burt A Peterson BY W 2AM I ATTORNEYS Aug. 13, 1 935. I PETERSON 2,011,115

MACHINE FOR OPERATING UPON WARPS Filed June 5, 1933 12 Sheets-Sheet 9 INVENTOR. Bur-t A. Peterson ATTORNEYS Aug. 13, 1935. B. A. PETERSON I MACHINE FOR OPERATING UPON WARPS Filed June 5, 1935 12 Sheets-Sheet 10 INVENTOR Burt A. Peterson ATTORNEYS Aug. 13, 1935. B A, PETER ON 2,011,115

MACHINE FOR OPERATING UPON WARRS Filed June 5, 1953 12 Sheets-Sheet 1 l NVENTOR 6 Burt A. Peterson 7 Y. ,9 1y 4 M ZVAM ATTORNEYS Aug. 13, 1935. B. A. PETERSON MACHINE FOR OPERATING UPON WARPS l2 Sheets-Sheet 12 Filed June 5, 1935 Patented Aug. 13, 1935 PATENT OFFICE 2,011,115 MACHINE FOR OPERATING UPON WARrs Burt A. Peterson, Rockford, 111., assignor to Barber-Colman Company, Rockford, 111., a corporation of Illinois Application June 5, 1933, Serial No. 674,289

27 Claims.

This invention relates to machines for operating upon warps, as, for example, warp-uniting and warp-drawing machines. The invention relates more particularly to mechanisms of such 1 5 character and so organized as to be especially fit adapted for the handling of silk, rayon, celanese and similar yarns.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide improved means for selecting threads or.

" compared with cotton. consequently it is impracticable to hold a rayon or celanese warp in a loose clamp from which threads are to be pulled for manipulation, as in the before-mentioned Bingham and Parker patent. V I therefore clamp the warp tightly and free the threads from the clamp, after selection, bysevering them. A Because of the relatively low elasticity of rayon and celanese threads I have provided mechanisms'for performing the desired operations upon such threads while placing a minimum amount of tension upon them.

Since rayon and celanese threads are relatively stifi and wiry they tend to spring out of control upon being severed. -I therefore have provided means for keeping the threads under, proper j control from the moment they are severed until they are tied.

The invention further relates to the various features or improvements hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectionl view taken approximately in the plane of dotted line I-l of Fig. 2, showing one form of machine embodying the features of my invention.

Fig. l illustrates the operation of the selector wings."

Fig. 2 is a fragmental front view of the machine.

Fig. .3 is a fragmental rear. View thereof.

Fig. 4 is a fragmental plan view of the machine.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of various of the mechanisms for operating upon the warp threads.

I'nall of Figs. 1 to 5 the parts are shown in the same position. i

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the selecting mechanism in a different position from that shown in Fig. 5.

Fig. '7 is a sectional view, through one of the selectors the view being taken in the plane of dotted line 'l--'! of Fig. 8.

Fig. 8 is a section on line 8-8 of Fig. 7.

, Fig. 9 is a vertical sectional View taken approximately in the plane of dotted line 9-9 of Fig. 1. i l

Fig. 9 is a fragmental planview of certain driving elementsa Fig. 9 is a detail view of the shear-actuating cam.

Fig. 10 is a View taken approximately in the plane of line l9l0 of Fig. 2. V

Fig. 11 is a view taken approximately in the plane of line ll--l| ofFig. 2.

Fig. 12 is a section on line, l2--|2 of Fig. 11.

Fig. 13 is a perspective view of the selectors and the stumbler mechanism.

Fig. 14 is a perspective view showing the shear mechanism in relation to the selector.

Fig. 15.is a fragmentary planview showing a pair of threads as having been placed in op? erative relation to the knotter.

Fig. 16 is a fragmentary perspective view of the mechanism for removing waste thread ends.

Fig. 16 is a detail view of the plate I58.

Fig. 16 illustrates the operation of certain deflecting devices. a

Fig. 17 is a fragmentary view of the means for placing the drive pinions in and out of engagementwith the racks.

Fig. 18 is a fragmental view of the selector cam shown in Fig. 2, but in a diiferent position. 1"

Fig. 19 is a section on line l9l9 of Fig. 18.

Fig. 20 is a sectional view through the shaft 39. Fig. 21'is a time chart. 1 The warp or warps to be operated upon may be supported in any preferred manner. The

present embodiment of the invention being a ma chine for uniting two warps, means comprising two clamps I and 2 carried by the bed of the machine is provided "for supporting a portion of .the new warp in a horizontal plane, a portion of the old warp being supported in a horizontal plane above the new Warp by means of two clamps 3 and 4 forming parts of a warp carriage. The threads are held tightly in the clamps. To facilitate the insertion of the warps in the clamps, means of any preferred character may be employed for raising the Warp carriage and holding it in elevated position and for lowering the carriage. a

. The warp carriage may be supported forhorizontal adjusting movement transversely of the warps by any preferred means, as, for example, that shown in the before-mentioned Bingham and Parker patent.

. The thread selecting and uniting mechanism is mounted upon a carriage 5 arranged to travel upon a guide 5 on the bed of the machine in a direction transverse to the warps and between the vertical plane of the clamps l and 3 and the vertical plane of the clamps 2 and i. The means for causing such traveling movement comprises a rack l (Figs. 1 and 17) fixed in the machine frame and a pinion 8 fixed upon a shaft 5 which is journaled in a forked lever l5 pivoted at H on the carriage 5. The warp carriage is given its adjusting movement by means of a rack l2 (Figs. 1 and 17) fixed to the framework of the warp carriage and arranged to be engaged by a pinion i3. Said pinion is fixed to a shaft 54 which is journaled in a forked lever l5 that is pivoted on the mechanism carriage at E6. The levers it) and i5 are arranged to be swung to move the pinions 8 and I3 into and out of mesh with the racks l and i2, respectively, by means of a slide rod i? (Fig. 17) which is connected to the levers ill and I 5 by means of links it.

The pinions 8 and 53 are intermittently rotated according to the necessities of'the work by means of pawls l9 and 25 arranged to engage ratchet wheels 2! and 22, respectively. Said ratchet wheels are fixed upon the shafts El and it, respectively. 'The pawls l9 and 2B are pivoted upon bell cranks23 (Fig. 3) which are arranged to be swung in the direction to retract the pawls by means of contractile springs 21%. Each of the bell cranks 23 comprises a short arm 2 which is arranged to be engaged by a projection 25. The projection 25 for actuating the lower feed pawl I9 is fixed to a lever 25. The other projection 25 is attached to a generally similar lever 21. These levers are pivotally supported on the mechanism carriage at 28 and 29, respectively. The means for oscillating the levers 26 and 2! comprises a shaft 35 (Figs. 9 and 9*) having a crank pin 31 which is rotatable within a block 32 (Fig. 3), said block being mounted for sliding movement in an opening 34 in the lever 25. The shaft 35 also has an eccentric 35 (Fig. 9 which is connected to the lever 21 by means of a link 35 (Fig. 3). By the means described, the levers 28 and 2? are swung in unison toward and away from each other. The shaft 35 is driven by means of a pinion 37 which meshes with a gear wheel 58 fixed upon the main drive shaft 35. Means of any desired character may be provided for rotating the shaft 39, as, for example, a hand crank 45.

When the levers 25 and 2? swing toward each other the projections 25 cause the bell cranks 23 to swing in the direction to impart feed movements to the pawls l9 and 29. After such feed movements, the springs 23 tend to restore the pawls to their initial position. Effective restoring movement is prevented when there is no need for relative feed movement between the warps and the selecting mechanism by the means to be now described.

A link 4! (Figs. 3 and 1'7) connects the lower bell crank 23 with a crank arm 52 which is fixed upon one end of a rock shaft 53(Fig. 1). To the opposite end of the shaft 53: is fixed an arm 44 having an angular upper end. When it is not necessary thatthe mechansm carriage 5 be advanced toward the lower warp, the movement of the arm 44 under the tension of the spring 23 is obstructed by a bell crank arm 45 (Fig. 2) which is pivoted upon the mechanism carriage at 45. The other arm 4'! of said bell crank lever is lightly held in contact with the foremost thread of the lower warp by means of a contractile spring 58.

The operation of the upper feed pawl 2i) is controlled in a similar manner, there being a link 59 (Fig. 3) which connects the upper bell crank 23 with a crank arm 58 which is fixed upon one end of a rock shaft 5!. To the opposite end of the rock shaft 5! is fixed an arm 52, the angular end of which is arranged to be obstructed by the upper arm 53 of a lever pivoted on the mechanism carriage at 55. The lower arm 55 of said lever is held in contact with the foremost thread of the old warp by means of a contractile spring 55.

Referring to Fig. 17: El is a brake band which encircles a brake disk 53 that is fixed upon the upper pinion shaft i l. The brake band is held against rotation by means 'of a pin 59 (Figs. 2 and 4) on the lever i5. This brake prevents accidental or momentum movement of the warp carriage and frictionally locks the warp carriage and the main carriage together, such frictional engagement being overcome when the upper ratchet wheel is turned by its pawl. A similar brake 56 is provided for the lower pinion shaft 5 to prevent feed movement of the mechanism carriage from being continued through momentum or through accidental movement of the warp carriage.

It will be understood from the foregoing that the mechanism carriage 5 is fed step by step toward the new warp, the feed being controlled in accordance with the spacing of the threads of said varp, and that the warp carriage is moved step by step to feed the old warp toward the selecting mechanism to compensate for any difference in the widths of the old and new warps and for variations in the spacing of the threads of the old warp,.said movement of the warp carriage being controlled by the threads of the old warp.

When the mechanism carriage is fed, the warp carriage moves'with it (due to the fact that the upper pinion shaft M is frictionally held against rotation) unless the upper feed pawl 25) is actuated to feed the warp carriage in the opposite direction at the same time that the lower feed pawl it is actuated to feed the mechanism carriage, in which latter event the old warp remains stationary with reference to the new warp.

The devices for selecting individual threads from the warps are designed to select from a lease, the threads of each warp being crossed, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 5. In the body of the warp the lease is one and one, but in the .selvage the lease is two and two, two threads being handled as one. The leasing or crossing of the threads may be accomplished in any desired manner. The threads are maintained in the leased condition by means of lease rods St Gi til and 65 These rods are withdrawably mounted in axial openings 52 (Figs. 7, 8, 11 and 12) of sleeves (53 which are supported for oscillation in hearings in a bracket (it that forms a part of the mechanism carriage. The forward ends of the lease rods, that is to say, the ends projecting beyond the warp sections secured in the clamps i, 2, 3 and 3 may be supported against sagging and kept properly spaced apart in any preferred way, by slipping on the forward ends of said lease rods a plate perforated to receive said rods.

To the forward end of each sleeve 53 is fixed wardly from the broadened outer end toward the hub, as shown in Fig. '7. The outer end of each wing is curved concentrically with its sleeve 63. The two wings for a given warp are located atop- .posite sides of the crossing point of the threads of that warp and extend toward each other into close proximity to the crossing point. A thread 'isarranged to be selected each time the selecting wings swing across'the horizontal plane of the crossing point (see Fig. 1 The selecting wings are connected. together to oscillate in unison, but

in opposite directions, by means of a link 61 (Fig; 10) extending between cranlc arms ti? on said sleeves. The selecting wings for the two warps are oscillated in proper timed relation by means of two rack bars 69 and'h'i (Fig. 11) which mesh with fragmental gears ll fixed to the rear ends of one of the sleeves 63 for the old warp and one of the sleeves 63 for the new warp-P The lower ends of the rack bars 59 and lil mesh with gear teeth formed upon two levers i2 and F3 (Figs. '11 and 18), said levers being pivoted on the" mechanism carriage at M. Each of the levers i2 and i3 carries two anti-friction rollers 15 that run in contact with a double cam. One of these cams is indicated by the numeral 16, the other being numbered 'll (Figs. 18 and 19.) These cams are arranged to be driven by the shaft 39 but in order that the relative positions of the selecting mech anisms for the two warps maybe changed to correspond to the positions occupied by the foremost thread of each warp, the cam 15 is fixed to the shaft 39, whereas the other cam is adjustably connected to said shaft by meansof a key is that extends through a slot 19 in the shaft 39. The ends of the key 18 extend into keyways 86 in the cam H. The key i8 is secured to a rod 8! that extends sliadbly through an axial bore in the shaft 39. An expansion spring 82 normally holds the key 18 in the keyways 88, but by pressing against the outer end of the rod 8! the key may be withdrawn from the keyways. Thereafter the cam l5 may be turned through ahalf-r volution, the cam l1 being meanwhile held against rotation through the pressure of the rollers 15. I

As indicated in the time chart, Fig. 21, whic shows the operations that occur during one revolution of the shaft 39, each selector .wing is swung through an arc of 40, whereupon the selector wing stops while the shaft 39 turns through 90, after which the selector wing swings through an additional 26. In such 60 swinging movement a side edge of the wing is inserted between the thread next to be taken and the remaining threads of the warp, but in order to make such selection more certain I provide for each selector wing a pusher finger 83 (Figs. 6 and '7). Each pusher finger is fixed to a rod 84 which is pivotally and slidabiy mounted in a bore extending longitudinally within the sleeve 63 of the associatedselector'wing. The finger 83 is grooved near its outer end to engage the thread which is next behind the thread to be selected. The two pusher fingers ior a given warp are always directed toward each other so as to be adapted to engage the same thread at opposite sides of and close to the crossing point; and in the oscillations of the sleeves 63 the fingers 83 shift so-as to be in position to press back the thread that is next to the thread to be selected by the selecting wings.

As shown in Fig. '7, the face of each selector is the push'er finger, when retracted, to lie flush with or back of the plane of the outer end; of the selector. Since the fingers 83 operate close to-the crossing point they are in position most eiiectively to create a space between the thread to be selected and the remaining threads into which the selecting wings may enter to separate the selected thread from its warp.

Referring to Figs. 10 and. 12, the angular rear ends ofthe rods 86 for a given warp are slidable in openings in the ends of .a block 85, said block serving to hold the pusher fingers directed toward each other at all times. The pusher fingers are reciprocated toward and away from the warp by means of a slide having bifurcated ends to receive the blocks 85. Attached to said slide are two guide studs 31 which are slidable in openings in the bracket 5d. The

slide has a pin and slot connection with anarm In order to release the selected threads from the clamps l and 3, I provide two shears, one

for each warp. Each shear is located directly behind the associated selecting wings and in the vertical plane of the crossing points of the given warp. Referring first to'the old-warp shear, it consists of a stationary blade 93 (Figs. 4 and 14) which is secured to the bracket 64, and a blade d that is pivoted to the blade 93 at 95. Rigid with the blade 94 is an arm 96 having a pin and slot connection with an arm 91. The last-mentioned arm is rigid with an arm 98 carrying a roller 99 that runs in a cam groove let (Figg formed in one side of a gear wheel lfiil carried by a shaft IEH. Said gear meshes with the gear 31. I

The new-warp shearconsists of a .nxed blade :02 (Fig. 14) and a movable blade IMF, the latlocated on the back of one of the selecting wings and close to the corresponding shear. As shown in Figs.''? and 12, a clamping surface IDS is formed on each of the selecting wings B and D to coact with a clamp member i8 1 carried by a slide Hi5. Said slide ismounted in a guideway M5 on the sleeve 59 Hi? (Figs. 6 and 1) is a cover plate forthe guideway. An expansive spring H38 tends to move the clamp member H34 into effective position. The clamp member Hi l is withdrawn from such position by a cam H39, (Fig. 8) formed on a plate H8, attached to the bracket Ed, said cam operating upon 'a stud Hi carried by the slidev 515. In the oscillations of the selecting wing the spring I68 and the cam Ids move the member Hid into and out of clamp-- ing position.

H The pair of selected and severed threads (one thread from each 'warpy is advanced to the uniter by means of a fork. Means are provided to bring ie selected and severed threadsclose enough together to be received between the tines of the fork. The threads that extend above the rod Gi and those that pass under the rod ol are moved closer together by means of two positioning members, one for each warp, said E24 on the gear wheel 3?.

bell crank toward said arm E33 or EH.

members being attached to the sleeves that carry the wings B and D. Each positioning member is approximately diametrically opposite the wing with which it is associated. In the present construction, the positioning members' are formed of sheet metal, the angular portions H2 (Fig. being so located that when an old-warp thread that extends above the rod bi and a new-warp thread that passes under the rod Bi are selected, said portions H2 swing against said threads and deflect them into the path of the before-mentioned fork. The portion H3 of each positioning member serves as a guard to prevent the adjacent unselected thread from fouling on the portion H2."

Old-warp threads that extend below the rod fil and new-warp threads that pass over the rod 6 i are brought closer together so as to be receivable in the before-mentioned fork, by means of shoulders i M (Fig. 16 formed on the rear sides of the selectors B and D, said shoulders deflecting the selected threads into the path of said fork.

The means for advancing a pair of selected threads to the uniting means comprises a slide l 55 (Figs. 4 and 9) which reciprocates in the space between the two warps and is guided in openings H5 and ill (Figs. 9 and 10). A lug H8 (Fig. 9) on the lower side of the slide is connected through a link M9 to an arm E28 that is pivoted at E25. Rigid with the arm I28 is an arm l22 which is connected through a pitman l23 with a crank pin Due to the ratio be tween the gears 3i and 38, the slide H5 is given two reciprocations (i. e. four strokes) in each revolution of the driving shaft 39.

If for any reason a single thread is selected, the slide i it; should not be permitted to advance it to the knotter. I therefore provide two feelers or stumblers l25 and I26 for the old and the new warp, respectively (Figs. 9 and 13). These stumblers are in the form of levers pivoted at I27 and I23, respectively, the upper ends of said levers extending transversely of and directly behind the threads of their warps, and being lightly pressed toward the warps by torsion springs I29. Rigid with the levers i125 and 926 are arms i313 and 53!, respectively. A bell crank I32 pivoted at E33 carries a roller lad that engages a cam I35 (Figs. 9 and 10) on the side of the gear 3?. A contractile spring i313 tends to hold the roller against the cam. As shown in Fig. 9, the major portion of the periphery of the cam H35 is concentric with the axis 3&, there being a notch H3? in said periphery at one point. On the bell crank I32 is a stop shoulder 533, and on the pitman M23 is a coacting lug l39. When the roller lid is allowed to roll along the bottom of the notch 18? under the influence of the spring E36, the shoulder 638 is removed from the orbit of the lug its before the latter reaches the shoulder. The bell crank E32 has a lug I l-(l. when either of the stumblers is held by its spring I29 in a position farther forward than normal, due to failure of the associated selecting wings to select a thread, the corresponding arm l39 or l3l is in the path of thelug l 38 at the moment the depression l3! allows the spring 436 to swing the Consequently the bell crank is not permitted to make its normal movement under the influence of the spring lab, and hence the operation of the machine is arrested through collision of the lug E39 with the shoulder l 38, the slide l l5 being arrested in approximately its retracted position. Upon correction of the difliculty the stumbler arm is withdrawn from the path of the lug H58, thus permitting resumption of operations.

When desired the stumblers may be held in inoperative position by means of a lever Mil adapted to depress the arm E39 below the path of the lug Mi said lever having an inclined surface Hi2 adapted to move the arm Edi aside out of the path of said lug. The lever i ii is carried by a shaft i i-3 to which is attached a hand lever M l.

Forks M5, M6, EM and M3 (Fig. 5) are fixed to the slide l l5. Extending above and joining the forks M5 and M5 is a separating blade i 39, and below said forks is a similar separating blade 553 (Fig. l). A separating blade l5! extending above and between the forks ml and 3418 forms virtually a continuation of the blade i 59. A blade L52 extending between the forks M? and M8 forms a continuation of the blade ltd when said blade is in its forward position, but it is mounted to yield upon contact with the knotter, being slidably supported on the slide l 95 and normally held forward by a spring-pressed arm 53.

The thread-engaging edges of the blades @4 9, I59, lei and l52 are inclined from a right angle with the direction of their reciprocatory movement, the leading corners of the blades M3 and i5@ being at the side toward the selecting devices. The forks M5, M6, i i! and M8 serve to cam or crowd the two selected threads toward each other and carry them to the knotter. The closed ends of the forks i l-5, and M? are in a line perpendicular to the direction of reciprocation of the slide. The points of the fork M5 enter the spaces formed between the selected threads and the next adjacent threads by the members H2, and thus set off the selected threads from their respective warps. The blades M9, 558, lei and E52 complete the separation initiated by the selecting wings and continued by the members H2 and the forks M5, M6, E i? and M8.

To keep the selected threads from jumping out of control while they are being advanced to the knotter I employ a spring blade i 5 (Figs. 5 and which is attached to the bracket 54 in position to bear against the side of the fork I45 as the latter advances. When the tines of the fork first engage the spring blade 55 2, the latter serves to close the front end of the fork so as to pre vent the threads from jumping out of the fork. Later on, the blade i5 5 clamps the threads against the side of the fork, as shown in Fig. 15.

The particular form of uniter used in the present embodiment of the invention is a knot-tying mechanism similar to the one fully disclosed in the Alford Patent No. 1,245,418. The tying bill Z'l9 (Fig. 15) is rotated by means of spiral gears 285 and 286 (Figs. 1 and 15). The gear 285 is fixed upon the shaft lill.

The united threads are withdrawn from the vicinity of the knotter by a. fork lES (Figs. 3 and l) attached to the slide E E5.

The waste ends sheared off the knot by the tying bill are removed by a hook 35 actuated as described in the Alford patent. In the present machine the tube or passageway 252 through which the hook 355% pushes the waste ends is covered by a plate l56 (Fig. 5) which is slidable longitudinally of said passageway. In the plate M6 is an opening l5? through which the hook 356 operates up and down. The cover plate H56 assists in preventing the waste ends from escaping from the tube 252.

When the selected threads are advanced to the knotter, the portions destined to become waste are r so their first angular movement of 40.

inserted into a tensioning or controlling device located at the entrance to the waste tube 252. This device comprises f ve spaced elements,

namely, a plate 153 (Fig. 16) having a flaring throatway 159 and a dovetail slot I66, three eleway 36% shown in the'planview, Fig. 5, of. the

Alford patent, the opposite side walls of said passageway being relatively stationary. When handling rayonand similar wiry yarns, it is desirable to exert a clamping action on the waste ends in the passageway andobstruct their return; hence one side of the passagewaycomprises a block I55 (Fig. 16) which is yieldingly held against the opposite side-0f the tube 252 by a plurality of eX- pansion springs 566. After the waste ends have been drawn to and past said-block, they are held against returnxmovement. Successive pairs of waste ends push previously inserted endsalong in the tube 252 until they finally emerge into a receptacle 57 on the mechanism carriage.

The particular'embodiment herein shown of the invention is so proportioned as to receive only a portion (about fifteen inches in width) of each of the warps to be united, but it will be understood that the invention may be embodied in a machine capable'of receiving all of the threads of the warps. V

Figure 21 is a chart which shows with precision the timing of the various mechanisms referred to in the following'summary ofthe operation. The chart shows the various operations that occur while the shaft 353 ismaking one revolution.

In operation, the mechanismcarriage is fed toward the warps so as to maintain the foremost several threads of each' warp bowerlor pressed ahead, shown in Fig. 15, thus placing them under tension tending; to cause them to spring rearwardly. The selecting; action will be best understood by reference to Fig. 5, which shows the selector wings at rest after having completed The oldwarp thread a andthe new-warp thread a have just been selected, clamped and deflected into the path of the fork M5. The clamping action of the jaws led occurs as the selectors come to rest in the dwell position. The shearing takes place after the threads have been thus clamped and after theslidel has advanced ,far enough to cause the tines of the fork I65 to have lapped the spring plate I54. The selectorjwings remain in the dwell position until the liid position has been reached. In the meantime the threads are sheared. As the slide advances afterthe shear ing, the threads are pulled from the clamps IE4, the spring plate I54 by this time having clamped the threads. .1

Asthe selectors Aand 3 complete their stroke theyreach the full-line positions shown in Fig; 1 The front faces of 'the selcctors being inclined rearwardly, asshown in FigJ'Lithe thread b (Fig. 5) which is next to be taken is allowed to springrearwardly along the faces ofthe selectors and away from the thread; c; The selectors remain in; the fulleline position shown in Fig. 1 during r 21.0? oflrotationlof thefshaft39f Before'the se lectors A and B begin to swing into the dottedline position shown in Fig. 1 to select the thread b (Figs. 5 and 6) the pusher fingers 83 push the thread 0 toward the warp and away from the thread I), thus widening whatever space may have been formed between the threads I and c by the rearward movement of the thread b-along the front faces of the selectors. It will beseen that the pusher fingers move? the threads not to lie-selected, away from the threads neat to be selected, thereby providing a definite space of; amplesize for the entrance of the corners of the selectors. 34 of rotation after the pusher fingers reach their foremost position, the selectorscommence to'swing toward their dotted-line positions as illustrated in Fig. l in which operation the corners of the selectors are inserted into the spaces produced by the pusher fingers, and the inclined rear sides of the selectors cam the thread 22 rcarwardly into the'open shear 93--94 and the open clamp lea-mt.- (As shown, in Fig. 6, the guard portion Ht prevents the thread I) from moving rearwardly into position above the angular portion I [2.) A moment before the shear severe the thread the clamp closes so as to hold a the, useful end from springing out ofcontrol;

The forks ME and the plates ll9-and E55 continue the separation between the threadsband c which was initiated by the selectors and-pushers, and the forks M5, 56,1 3? andlddmove thethread to the linotter. As the thread is being moved to the knotter, it slips out of the clamp !U3--I84. is held between theside of the fork M5 and the clamp member 54, and is inserted into the tensioning device 16 i--I62l 63 and the dovetail slot L ifiil. After thaknot has been formed and the waste end trimmed off by the tying bill the waste end is withdrawn by the hook 354;

The selection of a thread causes thelstumbler I25 or 26 (Fig lS) to be pressed back so as; to allow the stop shoulder I38 to be movedbyt he spring I36 out of the way of the lug I39, Any failure to select a thread from one warp. leaves the corresponding stumbler in such position as to'cause the slide H5 to Ice-arrested, thus pre venting a thread fromthe other warp from being carried to the knotter, Incase only one thread is selected, the stop shoulder |38stops the machine before the selected thread-is sheared.

The sensitive feelers Al and 55 permit the feed for the mechanism carriage and thefeed for. the warp carriage to operate whenever necessary to keep the selectors properly pressed against'the ar s-l V a i Itshould be understood that while the mechanism herein disclosed is particularly well adapted to operate upon such wiry and slightly elastic material as rayon and celanese it is also adapted to handle cotton, silk, etc. y

In the following claims the term thread has been .;used for the sake of brevity to denote any analogous, material, and the term machine for operating "uponwarps is intended to" include warp-tying machines, warp-twisting machines, warp drawing machines, etc. r -I claim, as my invention:

nation, a pair of: clamps for tightly clamping 'a newwarp, another pair of clamps for .tightly clamping an old warp, said warps being supported in generally parallel position, each warp being leased'between its clampsselecting means for the new warp, selecting means-for the old warp, said selecting means operating adjacent to the crossing points of the threads and relatively near -1. A warpeuniting'm'achine having, in combii one clamp of each pair, a shear for each warp, said shears being located adjacentto the cross ing points, a uniter located between the two selecting means and the other clamp of each pair, means for advancing the selected threads to the uniter, means to clamp 'for a time each selected thread at a point between the shear and the advancing means, and means to place tension on the selected threads after said clamping means has released the threads and while the uniter is forming the union.

' 2. A warp-uniting machine having, in combination, a pair of clamps for tightly clamping a new warp, another pair of clamps for tightly clamping an old warp, said warps being supported in generally parallel position, each warp being leased between its clamps, selecting means for the new warp, selecting means for the old warp, said selecting means operating adjacent to the crossing points of the threads and relatively near that clamp of each pair which holds the ends that are destined to become waste, a shear for each warp, said shears being located adjacent to the crossing points, a uniter located between the two selecting means and the other clamp of each pair, and means for advancing the selected and severed threads to the uniter.

3. A machine for operating upon warps, having, in combination, means for holding a leased warp; means for selecting threads from the warp, means for pushing the adjacent threads away from the thread to be selected and away from the selecting means, said pushing means acting adjacent to the point of selection, means for advancing the selected thread to the point of use,

and means for moving the selected thread into position to be taken by said advancing means.

4. A warp-uniting machine having, in combination, means for holding a pair of leased warps, means for selecting threads from both warps, means for pushing the adjacent threads away from the threads to be selected and away from the selecting means, saidpushing means acting adjacent to the point of selection, a uniter, means i for advancing selected threads to the uniter, and

means for moving the selected threads toward each other into position to be taken by said advancing means.

5. A warp-uniting machine having, in combination, means for holding a pair of leased warps, selectors for selecting threads from both warps, saidselectors oscillating in planes that are ap proximately perpendicular to the planes of the warps, a uniter, means for advancing selected threads to the uniter, and means for moving the selected threads toward each other into position to be taken by said advancing means said threadmoving. means being attached to those selectors that are adjacent to the uniter.

6. A warp-uniting machine having, in combination, means for holding a pair of leased warps, means for selecting threads from both warps comprising two oscillatory wings, one for each warp, means for pushing the adjacent threads away from the threads to be selected, said pushing means acting adjacent tothe point of selec- 'tion, a uniter, means for advancing selected threads to the uniter, and means for deflecting the selected threads toward each other into position to. be taken .by said advancing means, said deflecting means comprising two elements each mounted approximately diametrically opposite one of said wings. V

-7. A warp-uniting machine having, in combination, means for holding a pair of leased warps,

means for selecting threads from both warps comprising twc oscillatory wings, one for each warp, a uniter, means for advancing selected threads to the uniter, and means for deflecting the selected threads toward each other into position to be taken by said advancing means, said deflecting means comprising two elements each attached to and located approximately diametrically opposite one of said wings.

8. A machine for operating upon warps having, in combination, means for supporting a leased warp, two selectors extending toward the crossing point of the threads, means for reciprocating said selectors to insert them between the foremost thread and the next adjacent thread, means for severing the selected thread close to the crossing point, and a clamp adjacent to the selector and the severing means to receive and clamp the selected thread prior to severance and hold one of the severed ends.

9. A machine for operating upon warps having, in combination, two lease rods over which a warp is leased, the crossing point being between the rods, two selector wings extending toward the crossing point, means for oscillating said selector wings, each wing swinging on the axis of one of said lease rods, means for severing the selected thread adjacent to the crossing point, and a clamp on the rear side of one of the selector wings for holding one of the severed ends.

10. A machine for operating upon warps having, in combination, means for supporting a warp, a reciprocatory selector for setting oi the foremost thread from the next adjacent thread, means for severing the selected thread adjacent to the point of selection, and a clamp carried on the rear side of the selector for holding one of the severed ends.

11. A machine for operating upon warps having, in combination, two lease rods over which a warp is leased, the crossing point being between the rods, two selectors, means for reciprocating said selectors in opposite directions to insert them between the foremost thread and the next adjacent thread, means for severing the selected thread at a point adjacent to the selectors, and a clamp located rearwardly of one of the selectors with re spect to the direction of relative feed movement between the warp and the selectors, severing means and clamp for holding one of the severed ends and means for causing a relative feed movement between the Warp on the one hand and the selectors, severing means and clamp on the other.

12. A machine for operating upon warps having, in combination, lease rods over which a warp is leased, the crossing point being between the rods, two selector wings extending toward the crossing point, means for oscillating said selector wings in unison, but in opposite directions, said wings swinging on axes located at opposite sides of the crossing point, means for severing the selected thread adjacent to the crossing point, and a clamp on the rear side of one of the selector wings for holding one of the severed ends.

13. A machine for operating upon warps having, in combination, means for supporting a leased warp, two oscillatory selectors extending toward the crossing point of the threads, means for oscillating said selectors in unison but in opposite directions, and means reciprocating transversely of the plane of oscillation of the selectors and toward and away from the selectors for pushing away from the selectors the threads adjacent to the thread to be selected.

14. A machine for operating upon warps having, in combination, two lease rods over which a warp is leased, the crossing point of the threads being between the rods, two pushers acting adjacentto and at opposite sides of the crossing point for pushing away the threads adjacent to the thread to be selected, and-means for selecting the last-mentioned thread, said pushers serving to push adjacent threads out of contact with the selecting means.

15. A machine for operating upon warps having, in combination, two lease rods over which a warp is leased, the crossing point of the threads being between the rods, two selectors extending toward the crossing point, means for oscillating said selectors in unison but in opposite directions, and means acting adjacent to the crossing point for pus ing away from the selectors the threads adjacent to the threads tobe selected.

16. A machine for operating upon warps having, in combination, two lease rods over which a warp is leased, the crossing point of the threads being between the rods, two selectors each oscillating on the axis of one of said rods and extending toward the crossing point, and means acting adjacent to. the crossing point for pushing away from the selectors the threads adjacent to the thread to be selected.

17. A. machine for operating upon warps having, in combination, two lease rods over which a warp is leased, the crossing point of thethreads being between the rods, means acting'adjacent to the crossing point for pushing away the threads adjacent to the thread to be selected,

and selecting means insertable into the space produced by the pushing means, said pushing means serving to push said adjacent threads out of contact with the selecting means.

18. In a thread-selecting means, a selecting wing, means for oscillating said wing, a pusher finger pivotally supported on the wing and directed toward the oumr end of the wing, and means for reciprocating said finger longitudinally of the axis of the wing,

19. A machine for operating upon warps, having, in combination, means for holding a leased warp, means comprising an oscillatory wing for selecting a thread from the warp, means for advancing the selected thread to the point of use,

and means for moving the selected thread into positi n to be taken by said advancing 1 cans, said moving means being attached to the wing at the otherside of the axis of the wing.

20. A machine for operating upon warps, having, in combination, means for holding a leased warp, means comprising an oscillatory wing for selecting a thread from the warp, means for pushing the adjacent threads away from the thread to be selected, said pushing means acting adjacent to the point of selection, means for advancing the selected thread to the point of use, and means for deflecting the selected thread into position to be taken by said advancing means, said deflecting means being attached to said wing at the other side of the axis of the wing.

21. In a machine for operating upon a warp, a sleeve having an axial opening for a lease rod, means to oscillate the sleeve, a selector wing rigid with one end of said sleeve, a clamp member mounted on the sleeve and guided for movement longitudinally thereon, a spring tending to move the clamp member toward the selector wing to clamp a selected thread, and a cam arranged to move said clamp member against the tension of th spring and to allow the spring to act as the sleeve is oscillated.

22. In a machine for operating upon a warp, a sleeve having an axial opening for a lease rod, means ,to oscillate the sleeve, a selector wing rigid with one end of said sleeve, a clamp member mounted on the sleeve and guided for-movement longitudinally thereon, a spring tending to move the clamp member toward the selector wing to clamp a selected thread, and means to operate he clamp member against the tension of the spring.

23. In a machine for operating upon a warp, a sleeve having an axial opening for a lease rod, means to oscillate the sleeve, a selector wing rigid with one end of said sleeve, a clamp member mounted on the sleeve and guided for movement longitudinally thereon, and means to operate the clamp member.

24. In a machine for operating upon a warp, a selector wing having a hub, the rear side of the wing being inclined toward the hub, and a clamping member located adjacent to the rear of the wing to clamp a thread between the wing and the member.

25. In a machine for operating upon a warp, oscillatory sleeve, a lease rod extending axially through the sleeve, a selector wing proiecting approximately radially from the sleeve to select a thread extending across the lease rod, and a member projecting'from the sleeve at a point opposite to the selector wing for deflecting the selected thread.

26. In a machine for operating upon a warp, a selector wing having a hub and a thread-deflecting member, said wing and member projecting from the hub in approximatelydiametrically opposite directions.

2'7. In a machine for operating upon a warp, a selector wing having a hub and a thread-defleeting member, there being a thread-deflecting part on said hub, said part and thread-deflecting 'mernber being at opposite sides of the hub.

BURT A. PETERSON. 

